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July 7, 2011

Militant Somali Group Lifts Ban on Aid Groups 
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In response to the crisis, Somalia's militant Islamist group Al-Shabab
has lifted a self-imposed ban on foreign aid organizations. The group
imposed the ban in 2009, arguing international aid agencies were
anti-Muslim.



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